IT IS FREE IN THE APP STORE. SEARCH WDIV. DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE HOW LONG THE LAST FIVE MONTHS HAVE FELT FOR THOSE THAT KNEW AND LOVED CHELSEA SMALL. SMALL THE MOTHER OF TWO FROM TAYLOR, SHOT AND KILLED WHILE WORKING AT AN ADVANCE AMERICA STORE LAST NOVEMBER. AND DESPITE REMARKABLY CLEAR SURVEILLANCE PICTURES OF THE SUSPECT NO ARREST HAS BEEN MADE. BUT CHELSEA'S FAMILY IS DETERMINED TO PRESERVE HER LEGACY DO RIGHT BY HER CHILDREN. CHAUNCY GLOVER JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT HOW THEY ARE TRYING TO DO THAT. CHAUNCEY? GOOD EVENING CARMEN. YOU CAN IMAGINE IT HAS BEEN A VERY, VERY ROUGH FIVE MONTHS FOR THE SMALL FAMILY. THEY TELL ME THEY ARE LEANING ON EACH OTHER FOR SUPPORT. BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY IS PROVIDING STRENGTH AS WELL. SHE WAS MY SISTER, SHERIFFS MY BEST FRIEND. SHE WAS MY EVERYTHING. TIFFANY SMALL AND HER SISTER CHELSEA WERE INSEPARABLE. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE PAST FIVE MONTHS HAVE BEEN HARD. HER NOT BEING HERE HURTS SO HORRIBLY BAD. BACK IN NOVEMBER, HIT-YEAR-OLD CHELSEA SMALL WORKING HERE AT THIS ADVANCE AMERICA ON TELEGRAPH IN TAYLOR. POLICE SAY THIS MAN, CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WALKED IN, MURDERED CHELSEA AND ROBBED THE PLACE. AND THE LOCAL MOTHER LEFT BEHIND A FIVE-YEAR-OLD SON AND A EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. THEY ARE DOING OKAY. WE ARE DAY-BY-DAY WITH THEM. AND THE COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER TO HELP. VERY GOOD. TONIGHT THEY HAVE SERVED UP GOOD FOOD DONATING 20 PERFECTS OF EACH CHECK TO THE SMALL FAMILY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR THE KIDS. WE CAN CONTRIBUTE. AND IT WILL HELP HER CHIN. AND IT PULLS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. MAIN CONVERSATION AT THE DINNER TABLE WAS ABOUT THE UNSOLVED CASE. THIS MAN IS STILL OUT THERE. YEAH, SO THEY CATCH THE PERSON THAT DID THIS. BECAUSE HE CAN DO IT AGAIN TO SOMEBODY ELSE. BUT THIS FAMILY IS NOT GIVING UP. HOPING THAT A BIG BREAK IN THE CASE WILL COME SOONER THAN LATER. WE PRAY TO GOD EVERY DAY HE IS CAUGHT. I WANT JUSTICE FOR MY FAMILY. I WANT JUSTICE FOR HER KIDS. AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY HE DID WHAT HE DID. I NEED TO KNOW WHY. AND THE FAMILY CERTAINLY GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT. A LOT OF PEOPLE TO COME HERE TONIGHT TO EAT DINNER. UP ALL OVER TOWN PICTURES ARE STILL UP. FLYERS. ASKING FOR ANYONE THAT HAS INFORMATION FOR DETECTIVES. IF YOU DO RECOGNIZE THE MAN IN THOSE SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS, PLEASE, PLEASE, WE CANNOT SHOW YOU ENOUGH. CALL ONE EIGHT HUNDRED SPEAK UP. LIVE IN TAYLOR. CHAUNCY GLOVER. LOCAL 4.

TAYLOR, Mich. -

A community gathered Tuesday night to raise funds for the family of a Taylor woman who was shot and killed while working at an Advance America in November.

Tiffany Small and her sister Chelsea were inseparable, so as you can imagine the past five months have been extremely hard.

"She was my best friend. Everything. Her not being here hurts bad," said Tiffany. "Miss her so much. Her not being here hurts horribly bad."

Back in November, 30 year-old Chelsea Small was working at the Advance America on Telegraph Road in Taylor. Police said a man caught on surveillance video walked in, murdered Chelsea and robbed the place.

The local mother left behind a 5-year-old son and an 8-year-old daughter.

"They know what's going on. They're doing OK," said Tiffany. "We're just day by day with me. Best we can do."

The community is coming together to help. Pias restaurant served up Italian food Tuesday night, donating 20 percent of each check to the Small family for a scholarship fund for the kids.

"We can contribute and it's going to help the children, brings the community together," said customer Rita Sendek.

But the main conversation at the dinner table was about the unsolved case.

"Hope they catch the person who did this because he can do it to somebody else," said customer Carol Dewey.

The family isn't giving up, hoping that a big break in the case will come sooner than later.

"We pray to God everyday that he is caught. He's around," said Tiffany. "If you know who this man is contact Taylor police. I want him caught. Justice for my family and her kids. I want to know why he did what he did, why he chose my sister, walked in there. Why?"

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